Top 40 Unreached and Underserved Places

TOP UNDERSERVED AREAS 40 & UNREACHED NEED HOPE НОРЕ THAT ow, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they I Ihave not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" Romans 10:14-15 THE NEED' UNDERSERVED UNREACHED REGIONS (BY SIZE) v 1.9 billion people in the Top 40 V 40% of all the non-Christians in the world v At least 10 million people in each of the Top 40 V Defined as < 5% Christian and/or < 2% evangelical HOW TO RESPOND If Current Trends Continue . Christian- Top 40 majority Unreached None of these areas Areas Areas (2.3 billion) (1.9 billion) All Other will be more than 10% Unreached Areas Christian by 2050*. (2.7 billion) Love - allow the Holy Spirit to increase your love for the lost and to increase your prayers for underserved areas and AMPLES WHY AREAS ARE UNREACHED unreached people groups. Specific government policies and programs reduced Christian population ? Listen to God's call Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul is the least-Christian province on the Top 40 list by percentage Christian, at 0.2%. In 1919 it was 31% Christian. on your own life. 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange and the 1955 Istanbul Pogrom reduced Christian population. Let your church and missions pastor know about this need. High Growth Rate and Policies Restricting Religion Beijing, China The fastest-growing place on the list appears to be Beijing. At 3.8% annual growth, the city's total population increased by 44% in the past decade. Laborers need our prayers – those who are called, respond and go. CZGROWTH 21,150,000 7,568,495 3,150,000 1,600,000 2,485,442 280,600 Learn more via 57 1207 1448 1910 1964 2013 social media: Start YEAR with a Twitter search (e.g. #Dhaka, #JawaTimur) to follow people and news from least- reached places. Religious History 32,000 Chinese Christians and 200 missionaries killed Mao's 'Cultural Revolution' sought to eliminate all religion." in North China in Boxer Rebellion Influence of Other Religions* Uttar Pradesh, India The most-populous province on the list. Region has centuries of religious significance for Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religions. Jawa Timur 3102 B.C. 877 B.C. 424 B.C. A.D. 640 First Lord Parshvanatha Siddartha written account of Krishna born - most Gautama the Kumbh Mela, said to popular object of Jain Noble Truths and pilgrimage in the explains the Four the largest religious Banten Xinjiang Hunan leave Kanagawa Eightfold Path of world, bringing 50 Guangdong million Hindu earth and devotion. last of 4 Buddhism while Beijing Tianjin Hubei Hindu eras teaching at Sarnath, Uttar pilgrims to Uttar Pradesh annually. began. Guangxi Shandong Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh. Haryana Odisha Punjab Gansu TURKEY IRAN PAKISTAN INDIA BANGLADESH INDONESIA CHINA JAPAN Sichuan Sindh (Orissa) Karnataka Khyber Pakhtunkhwa TOP Rajasthan 40 Maharashtra Uttarakhand Punjab Khulna Dhaka Tehran Gujarat Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh UNDERSERVED & UNREACHED Bihar Rangpur West Bengal Rajshahi Chittagong AREAS' Istanbul Uttar Pradesh Delhi Telangana Chhattisgarh *Sources and other explanatory notes at www.missiographics.com/top40-underserved-unreached Sponsored by: InterVarsity Press More infographics at www.missiographics.com Pray World A New Prayer Resource from Operation World ........ gmi IVP Books © 2015 O O O Church. Culture. Mission. COUNTRIES TOP 006 POPULATION BEIJING